Corporal Marcel Ouellette from 3 ASG Maintenance Company, CFB Gagetown ground guides Corporal Dave Fowler, from 14 Wing Greenwood, while he is moving the TLAV ARVE in the maintenance compound at the Kandahar Air Field. Both personnel are vehicle technicians working with the Canadian forces national support element (NSE) of Joint Task Force Afghanistan (JTF AFG). About 2,500 members of the Canadian forces (CF) are currently serving as part of Joint Task Force Afghanistan. They play a key role in the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission whose goal is to improve the security situation in Afghanistan and assist in rebuilding the country. Canada is in Afghanistan at the request of the democratically elected government, along with 36 other nations, and as part of a UN-sanctioned mission to help build a stable, democratic, and self-sufficient society.
